Analytical Interview Questions

Prashant R. - "Goal of the pilot deployment: 1) Evaluate if riders would choose self driving cars (SDC) over regular driver operated cars 2) Test SDC performance/efficiency in given area before scaling operations Interviewer liked my goals and asked me to proceed , this is where I got stuck. I wasnt sure if this was an algorithmic based problem or something else and started saying about general issues SDC may have that may impact customer experience such as SDC waiting too long in traffic affecting ETA, SDC"See full answer

Manas M. - "The correct answer as per the interviewer was since we have to exclude in build product engagement metrics and user feedback for the sake of this question, consulting firms/data analytics firms who do market research we rely on that data to determine how useful a competitor's feature is . again this is the answer provided by the interviewer."See full answer

Prasad M. - "The first aspect to review before any task is who is/are the ultimate 'owner' for this job? The next thing to consider is 'repetitiveness' of the job itself. The job can be simple or complex. For simple and the ownership factor align with my team... then that task is delegated. If the job is complex and the team ultimately owns the task, then I provide careful support to guide in the right direction."See full answer

Varun J. - "Timeline and trends analyze period when the CTR was down Check external factors Seasonality and holidays Competitive factors Industry-wide changes Ad performance analysis Ad copy Product feed quality Pricing Promotions and discounts Audience targeting and segmentation Specific demographics? User segment? Device across mobile, desktop, and tablet Ad placement and auction insights Anything changed with ad placement?"See full answer

Shubh T. - "Clarifying Qns: Note: How do we define DAUs? Let's say it's open ended and based on general engagement (watch time, comments, etc.) Did the watch time went down and comments went up for the same videos or are we saying total watch time and total comments on Youtube? (Total) I am assuming we are not including Youtube Live videos because those are typically live chat 1000’s of comments for a single video. (Correct) Do we know if these two could be independent problems not correlated wit"See full answer

Isnadea soraya R. - "untuk mengurutkan daftar angka secara efisien saya akan menggunakan aplikasi pengolah angka yaitu excel dengan rumus rumus untuk mempermudah dan mempercepat pengurutan daftar angka"See full answer

Exponent - "This is a Diagnosis Question. The goal of Diagnosis questions is to test whether the interviewee is organized and logical in their product approach. It also tests whether the PM is exhaustive in causes for decreases and whether they provides realistic solutions to the problem. Let's follow the Diagnosis Question formula: Ask clarifying questions Propose high level reasons for a drop Gather context (TROPIC) Establish a theory of probable cause Test theories "See full answer

Rev - "Clarify shuttle service and carpool. Any objective behind this switch. Data points: Timings of shuttle service #users Location of users Revenue generated Costs associated Feedback of users"See full answer

Michelle B. - "I would analise it in some macro and micro aspects and then evaluate those, and think abou an release strategy. First considering the macro aspects that are: what is the main business goal and is the product addressing it? what is the user value and how the product is working towards this? And by last, what is the success metric, and how likely the product as it is, is in the way of accomplish it? Then, if those macro aspects are on track, I would go for a second round of analysis, to ev"See full answer

Jiin S. - "I would firstly see what's the trend of the sales by monthly, daily, and yearly to see when was the decline started and what happened during that time. I would also look at the sales by different customer or product segmentation to see what segment had the most decline in sales. Then, I would make some hypothesis where like for this age range customers with this product segment had a decline in sales due to XXX and we would increase the sales by YYY with this new feature. Then I would design the"See full answer